Healthy Southwest Quinoa Muffins
These delicious Southwest Quinoa Muffins are loaded with all your favorite Tex-Mex flavors and are as healthy as they are tasty. They're great as a game day snack, easy appetizer, or with a big bowl of chili.
Friends! Today we're transforming quinoa into muffins. Aaaannd … it's awesome.
That's right, these healthy bites of quinoa are dotted with tasty black beans and sweet corn and held together with cheddar and queso. That's right, cheeeeze! Cinco de Mayo may be a month away, but let's rock our Mexican eats today. ?
These quinoa muffins are delish as an easy and healthy snack and perfect to bring along to a party. Maybe to your Easter dinner next week? I know southwest flavors and Easter dinner aren't traditionally best buds, but maybe it's cause they've never met. I think they'd get along well if given the chance.
If quinoa muffins and Easter are too much of a stretch, make these and a giant pot of chili and eat happy for days. And make sure to call me over. Chili + quinoa muffins = the best.
Video: how to make Southwest Quinoa Muffins {40 seconds}
This is the kind of one-bowl, super easy recipe that makes me happy. Just like you can see in the video (??) all the ingredients get dumped into one bowl, mixed around, then squashed into a muffin tin. A quick bake in the oven and you've made yourself quinoa muffins.
These guys are a little bit crumbly, a little bit cheesy, a touch sweet from the corn and overall delicious. If you're looking for a cornbread-ish muffin that ups the healthy factor, this is it.
Dig in, my friends!
Video: How to Make Healthy Southwest Quinoa Muffins:
Remember to subscribe to THE ENDLESS MEAL'S NEWSLETTER for FREE to get healthy and delicious recipes each week + our cookbook!
More savory muffins and pots of chili
- Zucchini Cornbread Muffins with Chili Honey Butter
- Black Bean and Corn Chili with Avocado Salsa
- Vegetarian Chocolate Quinoa Chili
- Chipotle Bourbon Pumpkin Chili
- Guinness Spiked Irish Chili
Healthy Southwest Quinoa Muffins
If you love this recipe as much as we do, let us know with a 5-star rating!
Ingredients
- 1 cup quinoa
- 15 ounce can black beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 cup frozen corn
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup grated cheddar
- Ā½ cup crumbled queso
- Ā¼ cup chopped cilantro
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
Instructions
- Place the quinoa in a pot with 2 cups of water and bring it to a boil. Reduce the heat to low, cover the pot, and simmer for 15 minutes.1 cup quinoa
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 12-cup muffin tin.
- Mix all the ingredients, including the cooked quinoa, together in a large bowl. Divide between the 12 muffin cups and press the tops down firmly. You can wet your hands with a little oil to help stop the quinoa from sticking to them. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes.15 ounce can black beans, 1 cup frozen corn, 2 large eggs, 1 cup grated cheddar, Ā½ cup crumbled queso, Ā¼ cup chopped cilantro, 1 tablespoon chili powder, 1 teaspoon sea salt
- Let the quinoa muffins cool for 5 minutes before you carefully remove them from the muffin tin. Set aside on a cooling rack to cool completely.
I was looking for ways to eat more quinoa and came across your recipe. These muffins are great! So much flavor and went really well with the vegetarian chili I made. Can’t wait to eat a few more tomorrow!